3:41 PM,
Mar. 8, 2013

An 87-year-old woman died after a nurse at a California retirement facility with a 'no CPR' policy refused to perform CPR.

Written by

David Dosa
| Guest columnist

For the last few days, I've followed the press response to the death of Lorraine Bayless, an 87-year-old Bakersfield, Calif., resident who died after a nurse at Glenwood Gardens, the independent living community where she resided, refused to perform CPR.

None of us know all the important specifics of what happened that day, but as a geriatrician and Brown University health care researcher with an interest in end-of-life care, I think the care (or lack of care) provided by the nurse at this independent living facility raises several important questions that should be addressed by police, ...